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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

@Wayne, this builds on top of my m_Preview addition so I’m happy to review it and merge it after Oliver re-bases.  But where do we stand on PCBNew file format changes for 6.0?  (There are also some hold-overs I have from 5.1; namely storing defined diff pair dimensions and the courtyard DRC settings in the files.

> On 14 Mar 2019, at 08:30, Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> This has gone unresolved for a while now - if I put in some effort to rebase this, is there any likelihood it will be accepted? 
> 
> This patchset does involve a file format change to the PCB file but it is backwards compatible and introduces a useful new feature.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:27 PM Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> The attached patchset expands on the "Preview" checkbox in the 3D model tab in the footprint editor. 
> 
> This "Preview" option currently only applies to the preview window. However if the user wishes to disable display of a given 3D model in the PCB renderer they must delete the 3D model from the footprint entirely.
> 
> The new patchset does the following:
> 
> 1) The state of the m_Preview parameter for each 3D model is observed in the various 3D renderers and exporters
> 
> 2) The m_Preview parameter is saved to file (both .kicad_mod and .kicad_pcb)
> 
> With regard to file saving, if the 3D model is "enabled" (default state) then the file is unchanged making this change largely backwards compatible. If the 3D model is disabled, then the keyword "(disabled)" is added to the file.
> 
> You can now quickly toggle 3D models on/off on an individual basis and this is statefully saved between sessions.
> 
> Patch-set is rebased and compiled from b445b0fab28f7dd41273801d06d7705215c57c0f
> 
> Regards,
> 
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